Improvement in barn-door hangers



J. A. CAU'LDWELL.

' Improvement in Barn-Door Hangers.

Patented July 2,1872..

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JAMEs A. cAULnWELL, 0E WATKINS, NEW YORK, AssIeNoR TO HIM- sELE,oIIARLEs ANDREWS, AND PERRY ANDREws.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARN-DOOR HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,590, dated July 2,1872.

, SPEoIEIcA'rIoN. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. GAULDWELL, of Watkins, in the county ofSchuyler and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hangers for Sliding Doors; and do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the acconipanying drawing and to the letters of reference.marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of a feather 'forthe purpose of clearing the groove in the wheel, substantially ashereinafter set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstructionand operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 2 a side view ofmy'invention.

The hanger consists of two cast pieces A and B, constructedsubstantially in the manner shown in the drawing. To either one of thesepieces is cast what I call a tapered horn, G, to form the bearing uponwhich the wheel D is to revolve. Through the horn C is cast awrought-iron pin, a, and a similar pin, 11, is east through the end ofeither part A and B, so that the two parts may be secured together bynuts, as shown in Fig. 1. Through the hub of the wheel D is a taperedhole for the passage of the tapered horn 0, and the circumference of thewheel is grooved, as shown, for the guide-bar or rail applied to theedge of the door or to the frame. Between the ends of the parts A and B,and upon the pin b, is secured a projection or feather, d, which fits inthe groove on the circumference of the Wheel D, for the purpose ofcleaning said groove of the dust that may settle in the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is I In a sliding or barn-doorhanger the projection or feather 01, in combination with the cast partsA and B and grooved wheel D,substantially as described and shown, andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I atfix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. OAULDWELL.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES M.'WOODWARD, BENJ. W. WOODWARD.

